Includes bibliographical references (p. 699-838) and index.
Contents:
pt. 2 : The primates. Chimpanzees and bonobos / Rebecca Stumpf -- Socioecology history / Joyce Parga and Deborah Overdorff -- Primate evolution and taxonomy / Walter Hartwig -- pt. 2 : The primates. The Lorisiforme primates of Asia and mainland Africa / Anna Nekaris and Simon Bearder -- Lemuriformes / Lisa Gould and Michelle Sauther -- Tarsiers / Sharon Gursky -- Callitrichines / Leslie Digby, Stephen Ferarri and Wendy Saltzman -- The cebines / Katharine Jack -- Sakis, uakaris, and titi monkeys / Marilyn Norconk -- Aotinae / Eduardo Fernandez-Duque -- The atelines / Anthony Di Fiore, Andres Link, and Christina Campbell -- The Asian colobines / Craig Kirkpatrick -- African colobine monkeys / Peter Fashing -- The macaques / Bernard Thierry -- Baboons, mandrills, and mangabeys / Larissa Swedell -- The guenons / Karin Enstam Jaffe and Lynne Isbell -- The hylobatidae / Thad Bartlett -- Orangutans / Cheryl Knott and Sonya Kahlenberg -- Gorillas / Martha Robbins -- Chimpanzees and bonobos / Rebecca Stumpf -- pt. 4 : Development and reproduction. Reproductive cessation in female primates / Linda Fedigan and Mary Pavelka -- Ecological methods / Erin Vogel and Nathaniel Dominy -- Endocrinology / Catherine Wheaton, Anne Savage and Bill Lasley -- Molecular primatology / Anthony Di Fiore, Richard R. Lawler, and Pascal Gagneux -- pt. 4 : Development and reproduction. Life history / Steve Leigh and Gregory Blomquist -- Primate growth and development / Debra Bolter and Adrienne Zihlman -- Social beginnings / Katherine MacKinnon -- Juveniles and adolescents / Hogan Sherrow and Katherine MacKinnon -- Primate sexuality and reproduction / Christina Campbell -- Mate choice / Joe Manson -- Reproductive cessation in female primates / Linda Fedigan and Mary Pavelka -- The editors. Where we have been, where we are, and where we are going / Erin Riley, Linda Wolfe, and Agustin Fuentes -- Primate nutritional ecology / Joanna Lambert -- Primate seed dispersal / Colin Chapman and Sabrina Russo -- Predation on primates / Lynn Miller and Adriene Treves -- Primate locomotor behavior and ecology / Paul Garber -- Primate self-medication / Michael Huffman -- pt. 6 : Social behavior and cognition. Kinship / Carole Berman -- Cooperation and competition in primate social interactions / Paul Garber and Robert Sussman -- Social aggression / Irwin Bernstein -- Reconciliation / Kate Arnold and Filippo Aureli -- The conundrum of communication / Harold Gouzoules and Sarah Gouzoules -- Tool use / Linda Fedigan and Mary Pavelka -- Culture and cognition / Christine Caldwell and Andrew Whiten -- pt. 7 : The future. Conservation / Karen Strier -- Ethnoprimatology / Erin Riley, Linda Wolfe, and Agustin Fuentes -- Where we have been, where we are, and where we are going / The editors.
Summary:
This volume contains forty-seven original essays by seventy leading researchers, offering an overview of all major areas of primatology. Arranged in six sections, the text begins with an introduction to primatology and a review of the natural history of the major taxonomic groups within the order Primates. It goes on to cover methodologies and research design for both field and captive settings; primate reproduction; primate ecology and conservation and their roles in the daily lives of primates; and such aspects of social behavior and intelligence as communication, learning, and cognition. The volume ends with a concluding chapter by the editors that discuss the future of primatological research.
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